Book review - Pierre Boulez: Organised Delirium (by Caroline Potter)
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
Diana Damrau describes this CD as a ‘soundtrack of memory’, which takes her on a very personal journey from Vienna...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 01/2014
The University of Huddersfield boasts a Centre for Research in New Music, and several of the composers represented on this...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 01/2014
John Sheppard’s standing among modern commentators is mixed: David Wulstan’s defence of him against his detractors (witheringly styled ‘pundits’) was...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2014
The Psalmen Davids of 1619 marked Schütz’s first foray into the realm of sacred music. In its monumentality and its...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2014
The vast Stabat mater discography offers plenty of outstanding interpretations catering for different tastes. Nevertheless, Julia Lezhneva’s bright-eyed tone and...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2014
The haunting cover photo of the dishevelled sculptor Camille Claudel sets the conceptual tone for song-cycles by Jake Heggie that,...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2014
Though no stranger to the microphone, Ailish Tynan gets in her own way with a sometimes over-sung recital of songs...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2014
For the past few years the National Youth Choir of Great Britain has been among the stars of the BBC...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 01/2014
The Wigmore Hall was first out of the stocks in November 2012 with its anniversary programme to mark Britten’s centenary....
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 01/2014
Philippe Herreweghe’s understated conducting helps to form a smoothly paced narrative from the six cantatas Bach designed for different consecutive...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2014
Neither a biography of his early years, nor a close analysis of the pieces that blew up post-war...
Morrison’s Tchaikovsky is a rationalist who rather enjoys himself and aspires to a Mozartian poise...
This Senofsky double pack is revelatory, especially Brahms’s Third Sonata, a thrilling account with...
These are engaging, spontaneous-sounding performances that if widely heard could well spark off a...
Richard Bratby charts the relationship between the conductor and his Italian orchestra
‘Mengelberg’s performances – like Furtwängler’s – were for the most part products of careful...
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